Museum
Academic Group Project
Backstory
The "Museum" was an academic group project assigned while I was attending Lake Washington Institute of Technology, requiring all class member participation to an assigned scene/ environment, in this case being a museum. Each class member was required to build their own building infostructure and contribute two or more asset pieces to be shared among the rest of the class. This project mainly presenting an exercise of both 3D skillset and set dressing.
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Development
The building was conceptualized and built in Maya featuring a two-story building with 4 rooms on each floor traversed using a spiral staircase center of the infrastructure. The building would then be exported into the Unity Engine for further texturing, set dressing, and lighting focusing attention to the models that would later be used. The museum also utilizes a glass roof, setting a mood to the scene depending on time of day providing natural outdoor lighting.
The Museum utilizes well over 100 lights and over 10 reflection probes all running in real time! (Don't try this at home)
The building was constructed in separate components later exported as a group FBX. These components would later be textured utilizing Quixel mega-scan surfaces with adjusted tiling to fit each component (walls, stairs, floors, etc.). The building is built modularly to ensure easy manipulation and construction in engine.
Two Assets Contributed
Wripe Brothers Aircraft
Vintage Camera
Attention to Detail
With any additional time I had, and few assets submitted for use, I decided early in the project to develop small simple assets such as books for shelves, multiple material shaders for existing assets, and 2D planes using high resolution online images to display multiple objects and fabrics. These simple objects would later help fill the scene and feel more occupied. To further set dress, I also decided to build bamboo shoots (UV's by Quixel) and utilized Quixel vines provided by Bridge, the foliage later helped breath life and atmosphere into the museum as a whole with rich green color to contrast with the polished woods and brick textures.
